Open Vault interfaces lots of drives together in a very dense way, according to Michael. He noted that most storage hardware today is front facing, such that it consumes a lot of space at the front of a server rack. That fact limits the number of storage drives that can then be deployed inside of a rack. Open Vault takes a different approach.

"We went ahead and stacked the drives deep inside the server as well, which allows us to have more drive density," Michael said.